When you have cancer, you don’t just worry about what will happen to your body, you worry about what will happen to your life. Macmillan Cancer Support can help:
By phone
- 0808 808 00 00 (7 days a week, 8am to 8pm). You can call our free support line and we’ll help you access support to meet your medical, practical, or emotional needs. We also have teams offering specialist financial information and guidance, and translators if English is not your first language
Website
- Macmillan’s free booklets and web pages are written by experts and cover a wide range of topics, from detailed medical information on different types of cancer and treatments, to how to deal with everyday challenges that a diagnosis can bring. Find information at www.macmillan.org.uk
24-hour Online Community
- Our Online Community at community.macmillan.org.uk is a great way to get support from someone who’s going through a similar experience.
Face-to-face
- Face-to-face support at local information centres and on mobile buses. Find out if there’s a Macmillan information and support centre near you, or details of local support groups at macmillan.org.uk/in-your-area
Macmillan Cancer Support Links
- Macmillan Support home page: www.macmillan.org.uk
- Macmillan Online Community: community.macmillan.org.uk
- Macmillan Local Support Groups: macmillan.org.uk/in-your-area
- Macmillan Information for Patients: macmillan-services-and-support-information.pdf
- Entitlement to exemption from prescription charges: help-with-health-costs/prescriptions.html
- Worry Fear and Anxiety: worry-fear-or-anxiety.pdf
- Tired exhausted, Fatigue: tired-exhausted-fatigued.pdf
- Pain or Discomfort: pain-or-discomfort.pdf
- Hot Flushes: hot-flushes-or-sweating.pdf
- Sleep: sleep-problems.pdf